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Milton-Madison Bridge

The Milton-Madison Bridge, which carries US 421 across the Ohio River from Milton, KY to Madison, IN, will be reduced to one lane on Wednesday, April 18th from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Engineers from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) will be monitoring items on the bridge that were highlighted in recent inspections.

The Milton-Madison Bridge will be reduced to one lane on Monday, Feb. 20, from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Engineers from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be monitoring items on the bridge that were highlighted in the 2009 in-depth inspection.

In 2010, the Cabinet implemented an in-house two-month inspection frequency to review these locations and make sure repairs are not warranted. The goal is to keep the Milton-Madison Bridge operational during the super-structure replacement project.

Motorists crossing the Milton-Madison Bridge should expect several intermittent closures of the bridge tomorrow as a Purdue University Research Team conducts load testing procedures on the span. The bridge closures are expected to be intermittent but brief and will be conducted between 8 a.m. and noon. The research will measure stress levels to provide data for engineers involved in state of the art bridge designing techniques.